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Aero Glass Tweaker GUI for Win8 v1.3.2

ORelio

Posted 14 March 2013 - 01:03 PM

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Ok, as I copied & pasted the regitry path from bigmuscle's post, that's probably due to a compatibility feature of Windows itself for 32-bits apps.
... but as the libraries used are 32-bits only I can't just recompile the app as 64-bits, this would not work

ORelio

Posted 14 March 2013 - 04:36 PM

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Thanks for the hint, found the article ! http://msdn.microsof...4(v=vs.85).aspxBut I read this in the article :"Registry virtualization is disabled for the following: [...] - Processes that have requestedExecutionLevel specified in their manifests."AGTweaker contains a manifest, with the following statement : <requestedExecutionLevel level="requireAdministrator" uiAccess="false" />So Registry Virtualization should be disabled according to the article ...

pengipete

Posted 15 March 2013 - 05:20 AM

1.1.5b correcttly reading and writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM and if that "folder" is missing, it is created.

Note:- Don't know if it's intentional but if the "Use Direct2D" box is selected in AGTweaker 1.1.5b, the HLKM\....\Windows\DWM\UseDirect2DRendering key is deleted rather than its value being set to "1" (double-checked and the key is totally absent - it's not being created elsewhere in the registry). Aero Glass does switch to D2D and without that key present, it remains in D2D after being stopped and restarted - which suggests that it's running in D2D by default (so anyone who doesn't have the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM is not running D3D even if they think they are).

ORelio

Posted 15 March 2013 - 09:58 AM

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Glad to see that the registry issue is solved, thanks bigmuscle for the hint and pengipete for the feedback!
Yes, AGTweaker deletes useless keys, eg if the UseDirect2DRendering key is missing, D2D is used by default so AGTweaker deletes the key rather than setting it to 1.
This is designed to leave in the registry only the necessary keys, ie when you want to use values that are not the default ones

EDIT: Released 1.1.6, which includes the key virtualization registry fix.

pengipete

Posted 15 March 2013 - 10:48 AM

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Nice one.

Just a suggestion though - might be best to leave the D2D key and just set it as required by BM's app - apart from anything else, there will be people who created the key manually and it's "bad manners" to delete their keys

I like the way you think though - cleaning up as you go along is admirable

bigmuscle

Posted 15 March 2013 - 12:16 PM

ouch, this seems to be the bug in my application. When DisableLogging is set to 1 then the logging should be disabled. However, it is not a big deal because it is not recommended to touch this settings.

CKyHC

Posted 15 March 2013 - 12:36 PM

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ouch, this seems to be the bug in my application. When DisableLogging is set to 1 then the logging should be disabled. However, it is not a big deal because it is not recommended to touch this settings.

ORelio

Posted 15 March 2013 - 06:02 PM

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Nice one.

Just a suggestion though - might be best to leave the D2D key and just set it as required by BM's app - apart from anything else, there will be people who created the key manually and it's "bad manners" to delete their keys

I like the way you think though - cleaning up as you go along is admirable

Both approaches are valid, I think the average user does not care about whether the key is there or not - he does not use the registry editor - so I chose to clean keys when they are unused. Your point of view is just as well, though.

ouch, this seems to be the bug in my application. When DisableLogging is set to 1 then the logging should be disabled. However, it is not a big deal because it is not recommended to touch this settings.

Oh, so it was a bug. I thought you removed the ability to disable the log, but don't worry, AGTweaker automatically cleans the file on each startup when the "disable log" box is checked so the file does not grow indefinitely ... (I am decidedly a bit obsessed with cleanliness. lol.)

************** JIT Debugging **************To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for thisapplication or computer (machine.config) must have thejitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.The application must also be compiled with debuggingenabled.

ORelio

Posted 23 March 2013 - 03:35 PM

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Ah, lol! Your registry value for Transparency or Opacity is wrong, it should be between 0 and 255, so starting the app with a registry value of 304 crash it.
I'll fix that in the next release. While waiting, delete or modify the registry keys with a wrong value.
Thanks for the full crash report

HydroHusky

Posted 24 March 2013 - 07:19 AM

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Ah, lol! Your registry value for Transparency or Opacity is wrong, it should be between 0 and 255, so starting the app with a registry value of 304 crash it.I'll fix that in the next release. While waiting, delete or modify the registry keys with a wrong value.Thanks for the full crash report

Oh ok thanks for your help it is much appreciated ps: I noticed your profile pic was from a game called " Radiant" I just got that game/app yesterday lol

Posted 29 March 2013 - 05:44 AM

adacom

Posted 29 March 2013 - 05:50 AM

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just rename the exe - that seemed to work for me but 0.6 does not work for me - aero is too dark and i dont seem to be able to cure that - plus taskbar is wrong - not bothered to play as 0.5 works well

palbertsma

Posted 31 March 2013 - 10:30 AM

I have however the problem that I installed Windows 8 at drive D:! And now Aero Glass Tweaker GUI for Win8 v1.1.6 doesn't work: it says: Cannot find ... at C:\DWM...

Is it possible to customize the HD to which it must be addressed to? Something like an .ini-file in which it is possible to change the default C-drive to D-drive? That would be great!

Hope that is possible!

EDIT:

Meanwhile I found a workaround: I just copied the DWM-folder to my C-drive, and that works! But it would be nice, of course, to have the opportunity to choose the drive at which Windows 8 is installed on.